"Mr. Romney’s speech to the Economic Club of Detroit on Monday seemed
more rooted in a time when Detroit companies dominated the automotive
scene, rather than now, when Toyota is No. 2 behind General Motors.

"January 14, 2008 (Computerworld) -- Last
week's New Hampshire primary raised questions about the veracity of
tallies from electronic voting machines -- not the DRE (Direct
Recording Electronic) touchscreen machines that have drawn heavy
criticism around the country, but the optical scanners designed to

Toledo City Council next week will again consider
helping to fund the health-care program for uninsured Lucas County
residents created by former Mayor Jack Ford.
Councilman Mike Craig introduced an ordinance yesterday during the
agenda review meeting to provide $65,000 in operating funds to CareNet.

Unemployment jumped to its highest level in more than two years in
December, fueling fears of recession and sending stocks sharply lower.

The
unemployment rate rose a surprising 0.3 percentage points in December
to 5 percent of the labor force. That was the highest jobless rate
since November 2005, after the Gulf Coast hurricanes slammed the
economy.

"The city of Toledo yesterday pledged to pay Erie
Street Market vendors money they are owed from sales of their
merchandise, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner announced.
The city took over day-to-day management of the Erie Street Market Nov.
13 after CitiFest Inc. announced it had run out of funds.
"The mayor understands the dilemma of the vendors down there and that

"Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. regulators, concerned brokerages
may have sold clients money-losing securities tied to subprime
mortgages, are seeking information about how the investments were
marketed, a person familiar with the situation said.

Two municipal employees have filed racial discrimination lawsuits, within a week of each other, against the city of Toledo.
Firefighter Roger Swan filed suit Dec. 14 in U.S. District Court in
Toledo claiming that he has been "subjected to a hostile work
environment due to his race." Mr. Swan is seeking both a culture of

COLUMBUS - Zoroastrians and other pagans, both
claiming roles for their faiths in the Christmas tradition, say they
won't stop fighting to have their holiday displays placed alongside
nativity scenes in Ohio state parks.